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سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الصيامThe Book of Fasting
بَابٌ في الْمُعْتَكِفِ يَلْزَمُ مَكَانًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِChapter: The person observing I`tikaf staying in one particular place in the mosque
Hadith 1773
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَنْبَأَنَا يُونُسُ ، أَنَّ نَافِعًا حَدَّثَهُ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " كَانَ يَعْتَكِفُ الْعَشْرَ الْأَوَاخِرَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ " ، قَالَ نَافِعٌ : وَقَدْ أَرَانِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْمَكَانَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَعْتَكِفُ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ .
´It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar that:` The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to spend the last ten days of Ramadan in I’tikaf. Nafi' said: " Abdullah bin 'Umar showed me the place where the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to observe I'tikaf."
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Brief Explanation
1؎: For i‘tikaf (spiritual retreat), it is a condition that it be performed in a mosque where congregational prayer is established. The majority (jumhur) hold the view that for one upon whom Jumu‘ah (Friday prayer) is not obligatory, he may perform i‘tikaf in any mosque where congregational prayer is held. However, for one upon whom Jumu‘ah is obligatory, he should perform i‘tikaf in such a mosque where the Jumu‘ah prayer is also established.
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Although i‘tikaf means to remain in the mosque, it is understood from the Sunnah that even within the mosque, a specific place should be designated, and the time of i‘tikaf should be spent in that very spot.
➋ The purpose of setting up a partitioned area for i‘tikaf is also so that as much time as possible is spent in that tent.
➌ If a person performs i‘tikaf every year in the same part of the mosque, this is permissible, whereas it is not correct to designate a specific place in the mosque for prayer. In the home, this is also permissible.
➊ Although i‘tikaf means to remain in the mosque, it is understood from the Sunnah that even within the mosque, a specific place should be designated, and the time of i‘tikaf should be spent in that very spot.
➋ The purpose of setting up a partitioned area for i‘tikaf is also so that as much time as possible is spent in that tent.
➌ If a person performs i‘tikaf every year in the same part of the mosque, this is permissible, whereas it is not correct to designate a specific place in the mosque for prayer. In the home, this is also permissible.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1773
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
The mosque alone is the legislated and Sunnah place for i‘tikaf (spiritual retreat), as the Noble Qur’an has mentioned: (And do not have relations with them while you are in i‘tikaf in the mosques) (: al-Baqarah: 187), and as long as you are in i‘tikaf in the mosques, do not approach your wives.
The mosque alone is the legislated and Sunnah place for i‘tikaf (spiritual retreat), as the Noble Qur’an has mentioned: (And do not have relations with them while you are in i‘tikaf in the mosques) (: al-Baqarah: 187), and as long as you are in i‘tikaf in the mosques, do not approach your wives.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2465
